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The Voter Participation Center (VPC) is expanding its mission to increase civic participation and balanced representation and is seeking an experienced, dynamic and motivated Development Director to insure the organization’s success.
Together with Women’s Voices Women Vote Action Fund (WVWVAF), VPC will conduct one of the largest voter registration and Get Out The Vote efforts in the country, and promote issues that advance the Rising American Electorate (RAE: people of color, young people and unmarried women). Fighting back against well-funded efforts to limit voting rights and access to registration will be essential to this effort.
The Voter Participation Center (VPC) is a research-driven, results-oriented 501(c)(3) organization that is dedicated to increasing the civic participation rates of the three groups comprising the RAE and the majority (54 percent) of the voting eligible population. Since its inception, VPC has conducted groundbreaking research and devised effective registration and mobilization strategies that target, inform, register, and turn out millions of RAE members, building their power and bringing their participation rates closer to their share of the population.
Women’s Voices Women Vote Action Fund (WVWVAF) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan 501(c)(4) organization dedicated to increasing the voting participation and issue advocacy of unmarried women and the rest of the RAE and ensuring the political narrative addresses their needs and concerns.
The VPC and WVWVAF seek a “can-do” Development Director in our Washington, DC office. Working with the VPC/WVWVAF fundraising team, which includes a Foundations Manager and Development Coordinator, the Development Director will be responsible for the strategic design, implementation, and analysis of a development program for both VPC and WVWVAF. The Director is expected to help develop and implement a strategic fundraising plan with performance benchmarks to raise money from diverse sources, including foundations and individual donors. She/he will report to the VPC Chief Operating Officer.
The Development Director:
· Leads strategic fundraising planning efforts, including developing and implementing fundraising plan for organization.
· Sources funds for the organizational budget.
· Supervises the development office staff and activities and helps manage fundraising consultants.
· Represents VPC/WVWVAF with key external audiences.
· Provides the President, other senior staff and the Board of Directors with the analyses, systems and support they need to participate effectively in fundraising and stewardship of funder relationships.
Responsibilities
1. Primary responsibility for developing the strategic direction of the fundraising and resource development of the two organizations, as well as maintaining and growing a portfolio of significant foundation and individual contributions. The Development Director will:
· Develop a fundraising plan incorporating foundation, organizational, and individual funding sources to expand the efforts of VPC/WVWV.
· Lead and assist the effort to produce foundation proposals, reports, acknowledgements, solicitations and other communications with foundation principals – staff, executives and/or board members.
· Identify prospective foundation support opportunities and cultivate new foundation relationships.
· Ensure the staffing of the CEO/President to produce the maximum result in resource development from a variety of sources.
2. Have primary responsibility to maintain and grow a portfolio of individual, organization and partner contributions, including the following responsibilities:
· Manage and lead the implementation of individual, partnership and other organization funding proposals, reports, acknowledgements, solicitations and other communications with individual donors or principals of program funding organizations.
· Identify and research prospective individual and organization supporters and help develop strategies to cultivate new individual and organization funder relationships.
· Help structure and participate in the staff support of the President and board members’ relationship-building with individual, organization and partnership funders, including call time, materials production, scheduling meetings with current and potential supporters, and designing trips for donor prospecting and stewardship.
· Develop and oversee donor maintenance program, to keep funders up-to-date on VPC/WVWV activities.
3. Serve as central coordination and information hub for VPC/WVWVAF fundraising team.
4. Supervise and manage development staff, including the Foundations Manager and Development Coordinator, and consultants.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will:
· Have a minimum of 5 years of experience in managing multiple fundraising strategies and diverse funder relationships, including a track record of successful fundraising.
· Be highly organized with a demonstrated ability to work independently and manage multiple duties and details of program work.
· Demonstrate significant management skills in working with a team of staff and consultants.
· Strong writing and editing skills, including the ability to write well under time constraints.
· Be passionate about the work of VPC and WVWVAF.
· Be comfortable working in a dynamic work environment.
· Bring creativity and enthusiasm to their work.
The ideal candidate must have a broad base of skills in working with metrics-driven programs, possess excellent strategic skills, be a team player, have superb writing and editing skills, and be familiar with presentation software and fundraising databases. Past history working for nonprofits, advocacy and/or political organizations, with a background involving both 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) fundraising preferred.
The VPC/WVWVAF offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package.
To apply, please email resume, cover letter and substantial writing samples, preferably at least one foundation-related, to settleson@verizon.net, subject line: VPC -- Development. Please include at least three professional references (references are not contacted until you are notified) and separately, include any salary requirements
VPC/WVWVAF is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Applicants of diverse backgrounds are welcomed and encouraged to apply.